Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

Yes, I am allowing Senator Cummins two minutes.

We have 6,000 so-called "tax exiles". These people hold Irish passports, they have very generous terms with regard to the number of days they can be in the country and I do not wish them to be out of the country. Their spouses, girlfriends and everyone belonging to them are Irish citizens and they are resident here. As we know, many of them do very good charitable work. I am sure a measure could be put in place by the Department of Finance or the Revenue Commissioners. I feel many of these people want to contribute. I would like to think they would.